Four*

Just because you've been with someone for the past 4 years does not mean that you know the person they are. But at the same time, knowing someone for years does not mean that you know who they are either. There will always be things about people that you'll never understand, and you'll never know. But that's just human nature.

Izzy, Keith and Liz walked into the restaurant and left Shelby and Lulu in the parking lot. “You still available to come with me and see my nana later?” She asked looking up into his big brown eyes.

“Yeah Shibbz, anything for you.”

“Anything?”

“Yeah.” He said smiling down at her.

“You wanna sit next to me?” She asked motioning toward IHOP.

“I wouldn't want it any other way.” Lulu replied taking her hand. She smiled at him and they walked into the restaurant, walking to a separate section where 6 tables were pushed together and everyone was sitting down. At the head of the table was Izzy and counter clockwise from him was Liz, Sasha, Nellz, Bre, Lexi, Daniel, Denny, David, Keith, Ace, Drew and 2 seats were empty for Shelby and Lulu.

Shelby smiled at her friends, but didn't say a word. She wasn't sure what to do, and she quickly looked back and Lulu motioned for her to sit down. “I'm right here.” He whispered as Shelby took the seat closest to Izzy.

“So I called this breakfast so that we could all see Shibbz.” Sasha said with a smile on her face.

“Did you ever think that 9:30 was too fucking early?” Drew asked rubbing his eyes.

“If you thought it was too early, you wouldn't have showed up.” Ace said rolling his eyes at him.

“Sasha also had something she wanted to talk to everyone about.” Chanel said, barely able to contain her excitement.

“Wait babe. Shelby needs to tell everyone something.” Keith said from his end of the tables.

“She does?” Izzy asked looking at her.

“I do?” Shelby asked turning to see Keith.

“What you told me in your room.” He said as everyone turned to look at Shelby.

“No. I think Sasha should speak first.” Shelby said looking at her empty plate.

“Shibbz felt abandoned. She felt like no one gave a fuck about her cause no one called. Denny she felt most betrayed by you, cause you never once asked why she was no longer at any of your family party things. And no one else called or shit unless it was her birthday. I told Shibbz that the only reason we didn't call or anything was cause we thought that she wanted nothing to do with us. We thought that we were the reason that she left, when truth be told it was all Lulu and Liz. Just keeping it real.” Keith said putting his hands up.

“Is that true Twinn?” Bre asked.

“Yeah. I felt like you guys didn't want to be bothered by me anymore and you forgot about me. That’s the only real reason why I never came back until now. I didn’t think you guys wanted to see me.”

“Of course we did Shibbz. Shit wasn't the same without you!” Nellz said looking at Shelby.

“Okay. It's settled. Now lets talk about something else.” Shelby quickly said as trays of food were brought out and spread across the tables.

“Back to what Sasha had to tell us?” Liz suggested and they all agreed as they began taking food from the trays and placing them on the plates in front of them.

“I think we should do a road trip. To Vegas.” She had a smile spread across her face and they could all tell that she really wanted to do this.

“Seriously?” Bre asked sharing in Sasha's excitement.

“Yes! Like lets just pack up and leave. Lets not turn back or think twice about it. I already talked to Liz and Chanel about it, and we thought it could be like our big summer adventure.”

“I'm so fucking in!” Bre said pouring herself some orange juice.

Shelby sat back in her chair, with her coffee cup in her hand, thinking the idea over. “What do you say Shibbz?” Sash asked looking across to her.

“When would we leave?”

“Tomorrow morning. That gives everyone time to pack, and say the necessary goodbyes.”

“You really wanna do this.” Keith said laughing.

“Hell yeah! It's like the ultimate party!”

“Us dudes invited too?” David asked with a mouth filled with pancakes.

“Duh! I mean a girls only party would be cool as shit, but I know some of them need their men by their sides.” Sasha said winking at Shelby.

“Iight! I'm down!” Drew said laughing.

“Okay, we're going to go around the table and say if we're in or not.” Sasha said looking at Izzy to start.

“Hell yeah!” Izzy said with a cheesy smile.

“I'm deff in!” Liz said looking at the other end of the tables at Denny.

“I'm fucking in!” Sash said, obviously.

“Hell yeah!” Chanel said with her gangstah face.

“Duh!” Bre said drinking her OJ.

Lexi looked at Daniel and let go of his hand. “I'll pass.” She said quietly and walked to the bathroom, Daniel watching her leave.

“I don't know.” He said following her. Shelby's eyes watch Daniel walk through the curtain and disappear.

“I'm in.” Denny said smiling at Liz.

“D is in this bitch!” David said looking down at Lulu.

“HBTV!” Keith said smiling.

“I can't. I get my daughter for a week as of tomorrow.” Ace said looking over at Drew.

“I'm down!” Drew said patting Ace's back.

All eyes turned to Shelby and Lulu. “I'm in.” Lulu said looking over at Shelby.

“Ummm...”

“C'mon Shibbz.” Liz said in a begging tone.

“Okay.” Shelby said forcing a smile.

“Yay!” Sasha said smiling.

The rest of breakfast was quiet. Everyone had small side conversations. When everyone was done, Drew was the first to get up. “Well I better get home to Carmen.”

“She's more than welcome to come on our trip.” Sasha said as everyone else stood up.

“Aha, she'll pass.” He gave dap to the boys and walked over to Shelby. “I'm glad you're back Shel.” He gave her a hug and shot a smile her way before he left the restaurant.

She smiled back, but then turned her attention to Daniel and Lexi as they silently walked toward the door. She walked away from Lulu and over to them. “Just gonna leave without saying bye?” She asked sounding upset.

“It's not like that Shel.”

“Then what is it like Daniel? I haven't heard from you in over 6 months, and today you didn't say a single word to me. What did I do Daniel?”

“It has nothing to do with anything you did Shel.”

“Then what Daniel? Why can't you and Lexi come on the trip?”

“Cause I can't leave the state.”

“Huh?”

Daniel lifted his pants to show Shelby an ankle bracelet. “It's part of my parole.”

“Buddii. Why didn't you tell me?”

“Cause I know you would have come to see me. To make sure I'm okay, and I just want to forget about it all and just move on.” He gave Shelby a kiss on the cheek and quickly left with Lexi following.

“What was that all about?” Bre asked walking up to Shelby. She turned to look at her and a smile was spread across Bre's face. “I missed you Twin.”

“I missed you too.”

“So what's the deal with you and Lulu?”

“What do you mean? There's nothing going on between Lulu and I.”

“Bull shit. I seen you two!” Bre said laughing.

“We're just friends.”

“For how long?”

“I don't know Twin. He hurt me and I don't know if I can forget that.” Shelby said looking over at Lulu talking to David, Keith and Ace.

“I just don't want you to miss out because you can't put the past behind you.”

“It has nothing to do with putting the past behind me and everything to do with me not being able to put my all into a relationship.” Shelby said. She stopped talking once Denny walked up to them.

“I'll go talk to Sasha and Liz about Vegas.” Bre said quickly walking away, leaving Shelby and Denny alone.

“Hey.” Denny said looking down at Shelby.

“Why didn't you call?”

“Why didn't you call Shibb?”

“Because I had to get away.”

“And I had to give you your space.”

“Really or are you just saying that so I’ll forgive you?” Shelby asked looking up at him.

“Both. I knew that by me calling you'd cry and you'd miss your life back here...or at least the good part. And I didn’t want to do that to you. I needed to give you your space, even if that meant acting as if I no longer cared.”

“But you did still care, right?”

“Always Cuzzo.” Denny said pulling Shelby into a hug. She looked at him and she knew he was going to be a good dad.

“You ready Shibb?” Lulu asked as they stood outside of her grandmothers apartment building.

“I'm as ready as I'll ever be.” She looked at him, and he gave her a reassuring smile.

They walked up 3 flights of stairs and stood in front of her door. Shelby took a moment to breath in, and then she knocked on the door. A lady came and opened it, and stared at Shelby. “I don't want any Girl Scout Cookies.” Mary said, attempting to shut the door.

“Nana, it's me.” Shelby mumbled.

“Huh? I don't know you deary.” Mary had a sad look on her face, as if she were sorry that she forgot who her granddaughter was. When Shelby didn't say anything back, she shut the door and left Shelby and Lulu standing in the hallway.

“Shel...” Lulu said as she looked up at him, crying.

“I told you I didn't want to come.” She turned away and walked down the stairs quickly. When she reached the last 4 steps, she slipped and fell onto her butt.

“Shibb!” Lulu yelled rushing down to her. He stepped in front of her to make sure she didn't fall any farther.

But she didn't. She just sat there and let the tears stream down her face, falling down her neck and onto her shirt. She sat there and let Lulu tell her everything was going to be okay, even though Shelby knew that everything was not going to be okay. She even sat there and let him hold her, even though that just made her cry even more.

Denny pushed his plate away from him and watched Liz push the left over food around her plate. He loved that about her. Loved that she could amuse herself no matter where she was. “Babe. I have something I need to say.”

“Me too.” Liz said taking a deep breath.

“Let me go first. So I know we haven't been going out that long, but that doesn't really matter.” He stopped talking and walked over to Liz's right side. She let out a short gasp as he continued. “But I want you to know that I love you with all my heart and there is nothing I wouldn't do for you. And that's why I want you to marry me.” He knelt down on one knee and took out a box with a 4 caret diamond ring in it, and held it up to her.

Liz smiled as tears formed in the corners of her eyes. “I'm pregnant.” Denny smiled up at her and took the ring out of the box and placed it onto Liz's hand, then he stood up and embraced her in a tight hug.

“Bets on Shelby and Lulu?” Drew asked looking around the table.

“On what?” Izzy asked looking up from his cards.

“Whether or not they're gonna get back together.”

“I think they've fucked already.” Ace said tossing more poker chips into the middle of the table.

“They haven't.” Izzy stated drinking his Corona.

“How would you know?”

“Cause I live here. I think I'd hear if they fucked or not.”

“They could have been quiet.” Drew said laughing.

“Nah, we've been here every time Shibbz and Litho were together, they really haven't gotten freaky yet.” Keith said laughing. “I fold.”

“They're together right now, and ain't none of us with em.” David pointed out.

“They're going to see her grandma.” Izzy said shaking his head.

“Okay, well they're gonna. Especially since we leave tomorrow, and they'll get like no alone time until we actually get to Vegas.” Drew said putting down his cards. “3 of a kind.”

“But just cause they fuck, doesn't mean they're back together.” Ace looked at Drew and then put down his cards. “Full house.”

“Damn.” David said putting down his 3 of a kind.

“Fuck!” Izzy said turning over his cards.

“You were really tryna win with 3 2's?” Keith asked as the guys started laughing.

“How was I supposed to know they were good at poker?!” Izzy asked grabbing another Corona out of the fridge.

“What's that?” Drew asked pointing at the fridge.

“What's what?” Izzy asked trying to figure out what he was pointing at.

“The picture.”

“Ohh. Shibbz put that up. It's a picture from Shibbz 18^th birthday party.”

“Whose in it?” Ace asked turning to look.

“All of us. Legit, it was the last time we were all together. There's Drew on Ace's shoulders, Keith with an arm around me, looking at Sasha acting like she's grabbing Liz's boob, while Chanel grabs the other one. Bre on Denny's back as he's staring at Liz. Daniel standing on a table, acting like he's about to jump on Lexi. David standing behind Shelby kissing Lulu, making a killer face.” Izzy said putting the picture on the table.

“Damn. I remember that night. Shit was crazy!” David said laughing at himself.

“Shit really was.” Ace said smiling.

“Why ain't party's all like that one?” Drew asked staring at the picture.

“That's what I'm saying.” Keith said.

Shelby walked into the house, eyes puffy and red. Lulu followed behind and shut the door. “Shibbz, you okay?” Izzy asked looking away from the the game.

“She didn't remember who I was.” Shelby responded looking in the kitchen at the boys playing poker.

“Shibbz, I'm sorry.” Keith said looking at Shelby and Lulu.

“I knew it was going to happen. I guess I just tried to convince myself that it would be hard to forget me.” She looked at them drinking, playing poker, happy. Without another word she walked out of the kitchen and down the hall to her room, shutting the door behind herself.

“Damn Litho.” David said, feeling bad.

“She'll get through it.” Lulu said looking down the hallway.

“You should probably go be with her.” Ace said as his phone rang. He got up from the table and went into the bathroom to answer it.

“Good luck.” Drew said as Lulu walked down the hallway.

He took a deep breath and stood outside of Shelby's door. There was no way he could fix this. He couldn't take away her pain, after all he didn't even know what it was like for someone so close to you not to remember who you were. He opened the door, surprised that it wasn't locked. He seen Shelby sitting on the bed, knees up to her chin just staring across the room at the wall. He thought about walking away, but thought against it. He walked over to the bed and sat down next to her. “Shel, I'm –“

“Don't say it.” She looked at him, eyes dark.

“Is there anything I can do?”

“Just tell me I'm pretty.” There was a slight smile forming in the corner of her mouth.

“What?”

“Just tell me that I'm pretty, even with my eyes all red and puffy.”

“But you're not.”

“What!” She asked moving from sitting on her butt, to on her knees looking at him.

“Shibbz, you're beautiful, whether you're crying, laughing, sleeping, or in the shower.” He stared at her, smiling before he continued. “I don't care what you look like, because no matter what you're wearing or what you're doing I will always see the women of my dreams.”

Without another word, Shelby moved toward Lulu, until their lips met. After a minute she pulled away and stared at him. “Sorry.” She bit her lip.

“Don't be.” He said pulling her close, kissing her again. This time she didn't pull away. She let him kiss her. She let him slide his tongue into her mouth, pulling her closer and closer. With one swift movement, she pulled his shirt off, looking at his body. He smiled at her and pulled off her tank tops, kicking off his sneakers. She got on her knees and he unzippered her pants, quickly sliding them off of her legs and onto the floor. She reached for his body, pulling off his pants and shorts. And they sat there, her in a bra and panties. Him in boxers.

He watched her, waiting for her to make the next move, not wanting to make her uncomfortable. When she didn't, he spoke, “You okay?”

She smiled at him and bent over the bed and reached for her pants. “I didn't mean to rush you.” He said.

When she leaned back on the bed, she had her phone in her hand. “Take a picture with me...Hubbz.” She had a smile on her face and he smiled back at her, pulling her against him. She opened her camera and looked at him. Then she turned back to her phone, holding it out in front of her so she got them both in. He kissed her neck and she smiled.

The flash went off and the picture was taken. She moved into his arms, and posted the picture onto facebook, with the caption, 'Hubbz and I; The start of a new day'

“You fucking promised that I'd get her this week! I don't fucking care if you and your fucking boyfriend are going out of town. I fucking canceled with my boys cause you told me that I'd get her! You can't just fucking do that shit!” Ace was yelling, while on the phone with his baby mama. “Fuck Carlos! Give me my damn daughter! Don't you even fucking hang up with me you bitch!” He took his phone from his ear, and seen that she'd hung up. “Fucking bitch!” He yelled looking at himself in the mirror.

“What'd I tell you?” Drew asked looking up from his phone.

“What are you talking about?” David asked looking over at him.

“Look.” Drew handed him his phone, showing him the picture Shelby had just posted.

“What's that mean?”

“That they're obviously dating.”

“What?” Izzy asked looking at Drew.

“Shel posted a picture and the caption says, 'Hubbz and I; The start of a new day'.” Drew replied as Ace walked back into the kitchen.

“That bitch is taking my daughter. After she fucking said that I got her this week. I fucking hate that bitch!” He angerly took his seat and guzzled his Corona.

“SHELBYYYYYYY!” Liz yelled rushing into the house, Denny following behind.

“She's in her room with Litho.” Keith informed her looking at her and Denny.

Shelby and Lulu walked down the hallway, hand in hand, with just their under clothes on. “Yes?” She asked with a smile on her face.

Liz looked around the house, and held up her hand. “We're getting married!!!” She had a giant smile spread across his face, as did Denny.

“Oh my god! Liz! Denny!” Shelby said rushing to hug Liz. She let go and walked toward Denny.

“Don't hug me til you put on more clothes.” Denny said as David laughed.

“Congrats Cuzzo.” Lulu said smiling at Liz.

“Thanks Litho.” Liz said looking from Shelby to Lulu.

“Well I’ll asked.” David said looking at Lulu. “You and Shelby back together?”

Shelby looked at him and smiled. “Yup.”

“I fucking knew it!” Drew yelled putting down his cards.

“Shut up!” Shelby said laughing.

“Just saying.”

Shelby looked at Liz, and quickly pulled her into the bathroom. “This is weird...considering the fact that you're half naked and you probably just had sex.” Liz said as Shelby shut the door.

“No I didn't. I'm not ready to do that with him yet. But I didn't pull you in here to talk about me. I did it to talk about you.”

“What about me?” Liz asked pushing the seat down and sitting on it.

“Did you tell Denny?” Shelby asked sitting on the edge of the tub.

“Yeah. But I didn't mention that it's James'. I don't think I'm going to tell him that Shibbz.”

“Then you have to tell Keith, Izzy and Lulu not to say anything.”

“Shit. I forgot all about them.”

“Yeah, and you should do it quickly.” Shelby didn't finish her sentence before Liz rushed out of the bathroom and pulled Lulu, Keith and Izzy down that hall, into the bathroom with Shelby.

“Woah Liz, I didn't know you were like that.” Keith said winking at Shelby.

“Eww, gross. You guys can't tell Denny that the baby's not his. Cause I'm not gonna tell him.”

“Don't you think he's gonna find out?” Izzy asked as Lulu sat next to Shelby, taking her hand.

“Not as long as you guys don't say anything.”

“What about James? You don't think he's going to say anything?” Lulu asked looking at Liz.

“Fuck! I didn't think of that.” Liz said sitting back down on the toilet.

“Fake a DNA test. They can do that shit while you're still pregnant.” Shelby said.

“They can?” Liz and Keith asked.

“Yup. I seen it on General Hospital.”

“What if the baby really isn't James' and it is Denny's?” Lulu asked.

“Yeah, is that a possibility?” Izzy asked.

“Maybe. But if I'm as far along as I think I am, then its James'.”

“Then we'll just have to take a real test. And if it's James' then we rewrite it, and make it say Denny is the dad. It's not like James will be hurt. He'll probably be relieved.” Shelby stated.

“Okay. But how are we supposed to get James' DNA?” Keith asked.

“We don't need it. We just test Denny.”

“How do we get his DNA?”

“Easy. Babe, will you go get a little plastic bag?” Shelby asked smiling at Lulu.

“Iight.” Lulu said as Shelby took Izzy's shirt off of him and threw it on herself. She then walked into the living room and over to Denny.

“Hey Cuzzo.” He said looking down at Shelby. Without warning she stood on her tip toes and pulled out a piece of his hair. “Ouch! What the fuck?”

“Nothing.” She smiled and walked back into the bathroom, after Lulu walked in. “Here.” She put the piece of hair in the bag and put it in Liz's purse. “I'll go get dressed and Lulu and I will go with you to the hospital.” Shelby smiled and pulled Lulu out of the bathroom and into her room.

“Why do I have to go?”

“So you can drive us.” Shelby said picking up her pants.

“You look better with those off.” Lulu said walking over to her. He put his arms on her waist and pulled her into a kiss.

Shelby moved her head back, and smiled at him. “We can't. We need to take Liz. And make sure that this baby is my cousin's. Because if it's not he'll be crushed.”

“True.” He kissed he again and then let go.

Shelby pulled on her pants and then watched Lulu put his back on. “You spending the night?”

“Why don't you come to my crib?” He asked putting on his shirt.

“Ain't Liz staying with you?”

“True. Here's good.” Lulu said laughing. “Wait. Ain't Izzy gonna be here?”

“We can ask him to join.” Shelby joked.

“REALLY?”

“No! I was kidding!” Shelby said fixing her shirt and looking at him.

“Okay, good. Cause I'm not sharing.” He said pulling Shelby close.

“You don't have to.” She said kissing him.

“Is this what you want to do?” Shelby asked sitting down next to Liz in the hospital waiting room.

“I need to know.” She replied looking down at her feet.

“Are you sure? You sure you don't want to just wait until the baby's born and go on Maury?” Shelby asked with a smile on her face.

“Shibbz. This is no time to fucking joke.”

“Just trying to lighten the mood.” Shelby mumbled looking at Lulu.

“I thought it was funny.” He mumbled as a doctor walked up to them.

“What can I help you with?”

“We need to have a DNA test done.” Liz said standing up.

“Okay. Is he a potential father?” He asked looking at Lulu.

“Nah, I'm a cousin.” Lulu replied as Shelby laughed.

“No. We have the guys DNA. And she's with a baby, so you have to do that new type of DNA testing shit.” Shelby said looking at the doctor.

“Okay, come with me.” He said slightly walking away.

“We'll be out here waiting for you Liz.” Lulu said as she walked away with the doctor. “Now what?” He looked at Shelby and she put her head on his shoulder.

“I guess we just wait.”

“Okay, what should we talk about, cause I can't just sit here in silence.”

“Denny and Liz are getting married.” Shelby mumbled, still trying to process the idea.

“Wait, that’s my cousin and your cousin. Ain't it incest if we hook up?”

“No! If she was your sister, then it would kinda be like that. But I only think it's considered incest if you're blood related.”

“Oh. I knew that.” Lulu said laughing.

“Mhm...sureeee.” Shelby said joining him.

“So, what do you think about this road trip?”

“I don't know. I think it has the potential to be really fun. But I have a feeling something bad is gonna happen.” Shelby said looking up at him.

“Like what?”

“I don't know. Just something. When we're all together it's either really fun and everything is on point. Or it's horrible and nothing right happens. There's like no in between.”

“Maybe this is gonna be one of those times when everything goes right and we all have a good fucking time.”

“Maybe. But I really don't think that's gonna happen.” Shelby said putting her feet on the chair next to her and putting her head in Lulu's lap.

“How come Daniel and Lexi backed out?” Lulu asked starting to play with Shelby's hair.

“I guess Daniel's on parole and he can't, like, go within a certain distance or some shit. He has like a fucking ankle bracelet on and everything.”

“Damn, what happened?”

“I don't fucking know! He wouldn't tell me. He said he just wanted to forget about it all and be done with it. It must be serious if he doesn't even want to tell me about it.”

“Maybe. He's never been in trouble like that before, has he?

“Not that I know of. But I don't know. Me and him don't really talk like we used to and it's kinda my fault.”

“How?”

“Cause, when I was away the only time I'd like talk to him was when...I was having problems or something.” She paused and took a deep breath.

“We can talk about something else if you want. I know how sensitive you are when it comes to Daniel.” Lulu said smiling at her.

“It's not that. We would just always fight when we talked, and I don't even know why. It was just an every day thing and it got to the point where we just stopped talking. I mean he's my best friend, but I really don't know what goes on in his life, if that even makes sense.” She laughed. “Like how can I call him my best friend if we don't even really talk anymore. Like I didn't even know that he was on fucking parole.” She looked away from Lulu and he could tell that she no longer wanted to talk about Daniel.

“Okay I have a question.”

“What?” She asked turning her attention back to Lulu.

“Was there anything going on with you and Izzy while yall were away?”

“Like were we dating, or did we hook up?”

“Yeah.”

“I mean...we weren't together. That's for sure. But when we got drunk a few times we did hook up. But it was only cause we couldn't be with the people we really wanted to be with. I don't know. For the first few months, he kinda resented me. And hated me for bringing him down there. We'd always fight and argue. He obviously wanted to come back here and I wanted nothing to do with here. But I guess he eventually got over it and started being my friend again because for awhile, I was all he had and he was all I had.” Shelby said looking up at Lulu. When he didn't respond she spoke. “It didn't mean anything. Absolutely nothing.”

“Oh. I never really thought that you and Izzy would happen.”

“We didn't 'happen'. We were never a thing. It was simply hate sex I guess.” She paused and looked around the empty waiting room. “What about you? What about the people you hooked up with?”

“I mean. It was really just Jasmine. I really thought that I was in love with her. But like, she wasn't really feeling it. Even went after David. I think it was then that I was thinking she was a different person then she really was. Like I guess I was kinda picturing her being someone else. Kinda hoping she would magically turn into the person I wanted her to be.”

“And who did you want her to be?”

“I wanted her to be you. Like I took you for granted Shel, and I'm wicked sorry for doing that shit. I guess I never really realized that you were the person I was meant to be with no matter how many people told me that it was you. I didn't want to hear it. It was kinda like I had to lose you to realize that.”

“Well I really wish you didn't...”

“I tried to call you. I really did. But before I pressed the talk button I'd always chicken out. I was like afraid that you'd like hang up on me or something.”

“I'm not even sure I would have answered.” Shelby looked at him and took a deep breath. “I mean. Like a part of me kept telling me that I loved you, and the whole cheating thing wouldn't change things between us. But it did. I felt disgusting being near you, knowing that you were with someone else.”

“Did you ever blame yourself?” Lulu asked thinking back to what Izzy had said earlier.

“Yeah. I guess it was stupid, but at the time it seemed right. Like I thought that I must had pushed you away or something, because that's what I do. I push people away before they get close enough to hurt me. And I never fully let them know who I am. I thought that maybe you got sick of it and finally gave up.” Shelby looked up at him, and could feel him shift in his chair.

Without having to respond to Shelby, Liz walked into the room and over to them. “We can go.” She said looking at them.

Shelby got up, and walked to the exit, followed by Liz, and had Lulu walking out last.

They dropped Liz off at Lulu's house, since she was staying with him, and then he drove Shelby to her house. “You gonna stay over?” She asked once they pulled up to her house.

“I have to pack for the trip.”

“Oh. Okay.” He could tell by the sound of her voice that she was disappointed, but he couldn't stay. Not after they had their talk. He had things to think about, and so did she.

He kissed her goodnight and then drove away once he watched her walk into the apartment. He turned his Spanish music all the way up and didn't care how late it was. Once he got to his house he parked the car in the drive way and locked the gate. He walked up to the front door and Liz was watching t.v in the living room. Her head shot up when he walked in and she smiled. “So you and Shibbz are back?”

“I don't know.” He shuffled over to a chair next to her and seen that she was, yet again, watching reruns of Jersey Shore.

“Are you guys fighting already?”

“Not really. I don't know.”

“What happened?”

“I fucked her life up. That’s what happened.”

“What are you talking about Litho?”

“I fucking mentally destroyed her and it's all cause of fucking Jasmine. I fucking hate that bitch!” Lulu yelled starting to get annoyed.

“Just don't think about the past. Think about the future. The horse ain't a part of your life anymore, so there is legit no one in the way of you and Shibbz.” Liz said trying to calm Lulu down.

“She hooked up with Izzy.” Lulu said turning to look Liz in the eyes.

“What!”

“Exactly.”

“Well. It's not like she's still doing that. She loves you Litho. What don't you get about that?”

“I don't know Cuzzo. I really just don't fucking know.”

“Well you better fucking fix what ever crawled up your ass before tomorrow, because you're not backing out of this trip. I won't fucking let you.”

“Whatever Liz.” He got up from the couch and walked into his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.

Shelby walked into the house and shut the door behind herself. “Hey Shibbz.” Izzy said from the couch.

“The guys leave?”

“Yup, they had to go pack and shit.” He replied as Shelby sat down next to him.

“I told Lulu that we hooked up, and now I think he's mad at me.”

“Why'd you tell him?”

“I don't know. We were being honest. And he asked.”

“So you should have made some shit up! Sometimes I swear you don't think!” Izzy yelled getting off the couch.

“I'm sorry!”

“Whatever Shibbz!” He quickly walked out of the living room and into his room, slamming his door behind himself.

“I guess everyone's mad at me...” Shelby said silently walking into her room.